- In astronomy, a
planisphere (/ˈpleɪ.nɪˌsfɪər, ˈplæn.ɪ-/) is a star
chart analog computing instrument in the form of two
adjustable disks that
rotate on...
- The
Cantino planisphere or
Cantino world map is a m****cript
Portuguese world map
preserved at the
Biblioteca Estense in Modena, Italy. It is
named after...
- Look up
planisphere in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Planisphere may
refer to:
Planisphere or Planisphaerium, a 2nd-century AD book by
Claudius Ptolemy...
- The
Salviati Planisphere is a
world map
showing the
Spanish view of the Earth's
surface at the time of the map's creation, c. 1525, and
includes the eastern...
- The
Planisphere of
Domingos Teixeira is a hand-painted
parchment map of the
world made by a
Portuguese cartographer in 1573,
during the
reign of Sebastian...
- areas, but the
rhumb lines on small-scale maps such as the
Teixeira planisphere were
highly inaccurate. The grid can be
easily spotted (as parchment...
- (580,000
square nautical miles).
Based on the 1502
Portuguese Cantino planisphere, Arab
sailors possibly first discovered the
uninhabited island around...
-
between 1457 and 1459 by the
Venetian monk Fra Mauro. It is a
circular planisphere drawn on
parchment and set in a
wooden frame,
about 2
metres (6 ft 7 in)...
- 罕见的古代星象图现身[图文]. Astro.lady.qq.com.
Retrieved on
December 2, 2011. "Chinese
planisphere with pamphlet, 1819".
Science Museum London.
Retrieved May 11, 2020....
- have been
similar to
surviving maps like the 1502
Cantino Planisphere.
Compared to the
planisphere and the
earlier map of Juan de la Cosa (1500): the Atlantic...
